Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn

Prince Vladimir Borisovich Golitsyn (; – ) was a Russian statesman.

Early life 21 June 1731. He was the son of Admiral Prince Boris Vasilevich Golitsyn (1705–1769) and his wife Ekaterina Ivanovna Strešneva (or Streshneva).

His father was the grandson of Prince Boris Alekseyevich Golitsyn, the uncle of Emperor Peter I. His grand-uncle was Prince Vasily Lukich Dolgorukov. His mother was the granddaughter, and sole heiress, of the first Governor-General of Moscow Tikhon Streshnev.

Career Prince Golitsyn took part in the Russo-Turkish War, retiring with the rank of Brigadier. Reportedly, he was a simple-minded man with a poorly managed large fortune. Following his marriage, his wife began to manage their household, quickly putting it in order and significantly increasing it. After the start of the French Revolution, they traveled from London to their large mansion on the Rue Saint-Florentin, Paris, before returning to Russia in the autumn of 1790 at the insistence of the Empress. Upon their return, the family established itself in St Petersburg, and their home became a well-known refuge for French monarchist émigrés.

Personal life

In 1766 he married Countess Natalya Petrovna Chernyshyova, a lady in waiting to Catherine the Great. Natalya was the daughter of Ekaterina Andreyevna (daughter of Count ) and diplomat Pyotr Chernyshyov, who was serving as Ambassador to Margraviate of Brandenburg at the time of her birth. Together, Vladimir and Natalya had five children:

In winter they lived in the city; in summer they lived on Viaziomy Manor, 40 km to the west of Moscow. Around 1784, he reportedly commissioned the modernized architecture style of their "datcha".

Golitsyn died in Moscow on 25 December 1798 and was buried in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow.